New Delhi: On the use of the word Republic of ‘Bharat’ instead of ‘Republic of India’ in the invitation letter sent by the President to the guests for the G-20 summit, the Congress on Tuesday said, this is the hatred of the Modi government for the opposition or a The whims of a scared and frightened dictator?
Congress posted on X and said, ‘So afraid of India?’
Congress Party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday that in the invitation letters sent by Rashtrapati Bhavan for the dinner to be held on September 9 for the G20 Summit, ‘President of India’ should be changed and the word India should be removed from it. ‘President of India’ has been removed and used.
On Jairam Ramesh’s tweet on ‘Bharat’, BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh said, why is there a problem in speaking and writing ‘Bharat’. In the archaeological period, the name of our country is Bharat and this has been made clear in the Constitution also. They are creating confusion unnecessarily and deliberately which is unfortunate.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday alleged that Mohan Bhagwat-led Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) wants to change the country’s Constitution by ‘removing’ the word ‘India’ from Bharat.
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Notably, earlier this month, Mohan Bhagwat had said that people should use the name “Bharat” instead of India and urged people to inculcate this habit.
Citing some media reports which claimed that the central government is “planning” to remove the word India from the Constitution, Sanjay Singh questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mohan Bhagwat “hate” Bhim Rao Ambedkar Why is it, who was responsible for drafting the constitution.
Sanjay Singh said in his post on ‘X’, Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar wrote in the constitution – “India that is Bharat”. But Modi and RSS who hate Babasaheb want to change the constitution. Why do Bhagwat and Modi hate Baba Saheb so much?”
Singh also shared the provisions mentioned in Article 1 of the Constitution.
Controversy erupted after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed that Rashtrapati Bhavan had sent invitations for the G20 dinner on September 9 in the name of ‘President of India’ instead of the usual ‘President of India’.
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The name India has been around since ancient times
During his address in Guwahati, the RSS chief said that the name Bharat has been going on since ancient times and it should be carried forward.
In a program organized by Sakal Jain Samaj, Bhagwat said, “The name of our country has been Bharat for centuries. Whatever be the language, the name is the same.
On Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’s claim that the invitation to the G20 summit dinner at Rashtrapati Bhavan was sent in the name of the ‘President of India’, RJD MP Manoj Jha said, “…it has been just a few weeks since we was named. India and BJP have started sending invitations by writing ‘Republic of India’ instead of ‘Republic of India’. It is written in Article 1 of the Constitution ‘India that is Bharat’, neither you will be able to snatch India from us nor Bharat…”
Amid the controversy over using ‘Bharat’ instead of ‘India’, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that he is happy and proud that the country’s civilization is boldly moving towards Amrit Kaal.
Assam Chief Minister X said on the social media platform X, “Republic of India – Happy and proud that our civilization is moving forward boldly towards the immortal age.”
‘India, that is Bharat’
On this claim of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari said, PM Modi had given names like ‘Make in India’, ‘Skill India’, ‘Khelo India’…. They (BJP) are afraid of the word ‘India’, Article 1 of the Constitution says ‘India, that is Bharat’…how can this name (India) be removed.
The BJP’s recent move to change the reference from ‘President of India’ to ‘President of India’ on the official G20 summit invitations has raised eyebrows and sparked a public debate. How can BJP destroy ‘Bharat’? The country does not belong to any political party; This belongs to 135 crore Indians. Our national identity is not the private property of BJP which it can change as per its wish.
Manish Tiwari posted on X and said Article 52 – Constitution of India. Nothing could be more obvious than that India will have a President – can it be?????????
The BJP has been attacking the new opposition group INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) by repeatedly declaring that the name ‘INDIA’ is a relic of the colonial past.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Bansal also moved the resolution during the recently concluded monsoon session of the Upper House, saying the name ‘India’ is a symbol of “colonial slavery” and “it should be removed from the Constitution”.
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